Datto Introduces Datto Drive File Sync and Share for Small Businesses

The service is aimed specifically at the small and medium sized businesses (SMB) market, a group that struggles to pay the pricing options of bigger providers. To encourage businesses to sign up, the company is giving away a free year of Data Drive service instances (worth 1TB) — to the first one million customers.

Data Drive: Pricing and Features

While most companies charge a fee per user a month, Datto Drive will be priced at $10 per terabyte a month, giving access to an unlimited number of users in an organization.

In its press release on the launch of Data Drive, Datto founder and CEO Austin McChord, was quoted saying:

“Current file sync and share services are overpriced solutions for small businesses. Anyone who’s paying hundreds or thousands of dollars every month for FSS will immediately see Datto Drive as a welcome alternative”

Premium accounts are available and include extra storage and additional benefits — such as 24/7 support.

Features of the new service include:

Availability from multiple devices (managed by IT) to minimize business risk

File sharing with people outside of the company without recipient registration

File sharing activity audit features for access management and control

Datto Drive Sync is available for Windows, Apple OSX and Linux hardware and services

Rollback and recovery options on Datto cloud for safeguarding data

Ability to view and organize digital assets within the Datto cloud via common utilities